City of Bonney Lake Pierce County, Washington

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City of Bonney Lake: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Bonney Lake

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Bonney Lake

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Bonney Lake Official
Bonney Lake Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Bonney Lake

References to City of Bonney Lake that document the origin of its place name

Located between Sumner and Buckley, this town was named to honor William Bonney, a settler who arrived about 1900 and whose cabin was one of the first on the hill where the town was built. The Naches Pass Trail ran through the present town site.

Gary Fuller Reese in Origin of geographic names of Tacoma/Pierce County, Washington
Gary Fuller Reese, Origin of geographic names of Tacoma/Pierce County, Washington, 2nd Edition, 1974, Tacoma Public Library  |  Origin of geographic names of Tacoma/Pierce County, Washington

Related Online Resources

The namesake of Bonney Lake, Washington

Author of ‘The History of Pierce County, Washington’ in 1926 and Advisor to The Washington Pioneer Project which produced three volumes in 1938 where William Bonney served on the advisory committee as well as writing the forward to Volume II, where his own family’s pioneer history is documented.

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City of Bonney Lake

 

Pierce County

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Last updated: 2024-05-18